I got to crossfit yesterday at around 5pm to workout with Duan again. The workout was:

• 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 – Hang cleans

I was not nearly as strong on these as I thought I would be. I started my first set at 95lbs, which was really easy, then, stupidly jumped up to 135lbs. I tried to do one, then had to drop it down to 115. My weights for my five sets went like this:

• Set #1 – 95lbs
• Set #2 – 115lbs
• Set #3 – 135lbs
• Set #4 – 115lbs
• Set #5 – 115lbs

After my 3rd set, I tried to add more weight and it just wasn’t happening. I haven’t done tons of hang cleans since starting crossfit (or ever, for that matter), so I thought it’d be better to work on my form. The more I do these technical lifts, the more I see how important form is.

One interesting factor that I had never considered was the thickness of the bar. I never really paid any attention to this, but it was made really apparent to me yesterday. It seems that the bar that I was using was thicker (larger in diameter) than the bar that Duan was using. I tried the same weight on both bars (135lbs) and it seemed way easier on the thinner bar. Weird.